Statesboro Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Statesboro, Georgia, the Bulloch County seat — a major east Georgia university city (Statesboro is the Bulloch County seat and home of Georgia Southern University — one of the most significant regional universities in the Southeast, with over 26,000 students and a major impact on the Statesboro economy; Georgia Southern has grown from a small teachers' college to a Carnegie Doctoral/Research-intensive university with major programs in business, engineering, and health sciences; the Eagles are a major FBS football program in the Sun Belt Conference), a diverse Bulloch County community with a significant African-American, Georgia Southern student, and Coastal Plain agricultural heritage population, home of the Georgia Southern University Museum (one of the most significant paleontology museums in the Southeast — featuring a remarkable mosasaur and shark fossil collection from the Coastal Plain), and one of east Georgia's most important commercial and educational centers — draws its municipal water supply from the Floridan Aquifer via the City of Statesboro Water Division. Water hardness in Statesboro measures 109.5 mg/L — classified as moderately hard.

Statesboro's moderate hardness reflects the east Georgia Coastal Plain Floridan Aquifer's calcareous-moderate character. The Floridan Aquifer at Statesboro–Bulloch County draws from the Eocene Ocala Limestone (calcareous marine carbonate). City of Statesboro applies effective treatment, producing the moderate 109.5 mg/L.

At 109.5 mg/L, Statesboro residents encounter moderate scale accumulation. Monthly cleaning is recommended. City of Statesboro Water Division consistently delivers water meeting all Georgia EPD and EPA Safe Drinking Water Act requirements.